Posts, Threads, or Topics?

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#1  Edited By mikemcn
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#2  Edited By mikemcn

When you put something on the Giant Bomb forums, what do you call it? 
 
Do you say, I made a post, I made a Thread, or I made a Topic? 
 
I tend to switch, but for some reason i like saying thread.
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#3  Edited By Druminator

I guess posts since it does say it by our names.

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#4  Edited By damnboyadvance

Here, I call them posts.

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#5  Edited By Karmum

A response (or comment) in a topic is a post for me, and well, I think I already gave away what I think the subject of a discussion should be called -- a topic. Sometimes I make the occasional slip-up when it comes to topic/thread, but that usually has to do with the latter of the two sounding more fluid.

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#6  Edited By KamasamaK

I'm used to calling them threads, but apparently Giant Bomb refers to them as topics.

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#7  Edited By teptom

I call what I'm typing right now a post and what I'm posting in a thread.

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#8  Edited By breadfan

I usually call them all of the choices, but I call them posts most of the time

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#9  Edited By JJOR64

I call them threads.

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#10  Edited By Hamst3r

A forum contains threads. 
 
A thread contain posts. 
 
A topic is the title of a thread.
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#11  Edited By RetroIce4

I don't understand this thread...
Posts are what I like the most and my opinions/facts.
Threads are the conversations about the topic.
Topics are the subject and name of the thread.

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#12  Edited By MattyFTM  Moderator

When I'm talking about them, the terms Thread & Topic are interchangeable, but post generally reffers to a post within a thread/topic, not the thread/topic itself.

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#13  Edited By TheMustacheHero

They all aren't the same thing it's not like calling something a Dresser or a wardrobe...
 
Topics are the title of a thread, posts are replies to the threads, and you post threads in Forums...

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#14  Edited By Black_Rose

Threads.

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#15  Edited By natetodamax

A post is an actual message within a thread.

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#16  Edited By Stang

A thread consists of a topic that is discussed using posts.
 
/thread

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#17  Edited By FluxWaveZ
@Stang said:
" A thread consists of a topic that is discussed using posts.  /thread "
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#18  Edited By mikemcn
@MattyFTM said:
"When I'm talking about them, the terms Thread & Topic are interchangeable, but post generally reffers to a post within a thread/topic, not the thread/topic itself. "

I like this answer.
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#19  Edited By Red12b

I call the Topic/Thread Bumfluff's,  
I call The Post an anal leakage, 
And I call a forum the Arsehole. 
 
Because most people talk out there arse on the internet. 
On GB only some people, Cept trolls. 
 
(Note This is what I don't belive) 
 
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#20  Edited By Origina1Penguin

I am posting in a thread about a topic.